Earlier this week the trial heard former Bricklayers regular Kevin Sharp still has “nightmares” about the attack.

Mr Sharp said he went outside to find the landlord “crying and screaming”, kneeling over the person who was on the ground.

He told the jury it had been a “normal Friday night” in the pub with a “bit of banter” earlier in the evening but the mood had changed to “panic” when the glass started breaking.

He said: “I still have nightmares about what went on” adding “I wouldn’t ever go back in that pub”.

Mr Blake - the friend of Mr Church who was with him the night he died - had previously told the court he only had a “patchy” memory of the night in question.

He could remember being punched in the eye by somebody in the pub, later smashing a window with his baton, and being kicked on the floor, but could not remember when he picked up the baton from his home or why he was assaulted.

Andrew Thompson, for Esherwood, asked Mr Blake if he was telling the truth about his memory, to which Mr Blake said: “I sure am”.

Witness Daniel Glover told the court how he saw a group of about 15 people “put the boot in” after they surrounded Mr Church, and saw him repeatedly kicked as he lay helpless.

He added he had seen Tony Smith jump with both feet onto the head of Mr Church and said: “He jumped up and stamped with both feet on the man’s head.”

Other witnesses described how bar stools were used to hit Mr Church and Mr Blake. Ms Lynch, prosecuting, described the incident as “mayhem”.